The Mauryan Polity c11.s3.t7: Conclusion
The Mauryan Polity c11.s3.t7
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Conclusion
c11.s3.t7.1
These are some of the weighty arguments which tend to negative the position of Aśoka’s personal faith in Buddhism. They are positive in establishing the indisputable fact that Aśoka was a follower of the dharma of his predecessors. In the face of the inscriptions of the period and the monuments of the age which throw great light on the question there is no use in depending merely on the Buddhist chronicles. An intelligent and impartial interpretation of the Edicts cannot but prove conclusively the fact that Aśoka “remained Hindu and Brahmanical till the end of his days.”[¹]
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¹ H. Heras, Q.J.M.S., Vol. 17, 276.
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA